Hopes and Impediments Selected Essays Author:Chinua Achebe The author's critical writings over the past twenty-five years use his creative energies to expose the monster of racist habit and offer a new perspective on the human condition. — An image of Africa : racism in Conrad's Heart of darkness -- — Impediments to dialogue between north and south -- — Named for Victoria, Queen of England -- — The ... more »novelist as teacher --
The writer and his community --
The Igbo world and its art --
Colonialist criticism --
Thoughts on the African novel --
Work and play in Tutuola's The palm-wine drinkard --
Don't let him die : a tribute to Christopher Okigbo --
Chinua Achebe, the well known author of Things Fall Apart writes a series of essays on various topics including how he came to be a writer and many issues relating to literature and African Studies.